Golf tee



Nov. 30 1926. 1,609,040

l A. PATTERSON GOLF TEE Filed May 1o, 192s /a//Q/Q G Meja, 4f.

6 INVENTOR v f z-/ffww point of depression, and thus to such a lo'sene:s of fit v,within the earth as to render `use of the coxie's las tees unreliablejf Daughady 1,538,173 issued May 19th,'1925,

, in which a tee of this shape iS described as being formed of thin sheet metal. Liability to breakage in use is also reduced in this instance but the continuously upwardly flaring taper of the stem portion which is intended to enter the'earth presents the same tendency to spongeY or lift the tee upwardly above its point of finalmanual depression so that the tee becomes unstable and consequently a source of annoyance rather than an asset -to its user.

The form of tee disclosed herein is designed` to provide against likelihood o1c breakage in use and at the same time overcome the objections above pointed out with regard to the diiculty of driving the tee into the ground and the tendency to sponge upwardly after beingr driven, A

rlhe precise form of my improved tee for accomplishing these results'is graphically illustrated 'in Fig. 2 whereinit will be seen that the ent-ire extent of the side wall, or walls, as 3`of the tee, extendin' from the lower end cone-point i upwardly margin of the seat or` pocket 2, is formed upon the are of a single circle such as indicated by the lines 4;-4: struck from a centre as 5 as indicated by the arrow 6. ll-n the inthat said line, the ortions as 9 of said side walls- -bclow said line 7 taper increasingly outwardl and downwardly from said line and result in a `slightly enlarged foot 10 above the cone pointl and below a region of minimum thickness at the level of line 7.

lt will be apparent that by this means the driving down of the small cone point l will open up a cylindrical passage in the earth which will oder practically no resistance to the downward movement of the portions of the stem above the point until the dare of the upper walls 8 equals in diameter the ea-a treme dare of the lower walls 9, that is ap proximately at the level of the line 1l, said. line being taken to represent the momentary level of the ground into which the tee is .i "being forced.

5t-t1 this stage of depression of the tee the outwardly flaring portion 8. of the wallsbegin to wedge into the cylindrical passage to the' stance illustrated the horizontal plane of the at e,A

for-med by the point l and oot 10. The

wedge acl-i011 Will b vely'grad'ual owing i0 just sufficient in practical use to Igive an' eicient steady grip' of the mid or upper portion of the tee against the earth to `prevent wabbling or looseness of lthe tee within the earth while at the saine time being" quite inca able of causing any upward spor1,\gix1g,` or creeping, of the tee away from its final -driven position. Thewedge action against the earth in most cases causes the underlying portions of the eartl l to be crowded against the stem of theftee between the point l and line 11, which fur' ther steadies the tee and also operates elliciently to counteract any sli lit tendency of the tee to sponge upwar of the wedge action above line l1.

'lhe toot l@ also 'will at all times constitute an anchor against unintentional movement of the tee. v

This tee may be made of an desirable material, preterably wood, and lli change in diameter from the head portion to the stem portion will amply "guard against likelihood of breakage between these portions. The real line of weakness is at the plane of line 7 which in use isso far ly on 'account' e gradual beneath the level of the ground and at the same time so close to the lower end of the stem, that breakage is practically `precluded in ordinary yuse of the device.

En some instances it may ibe found dcsir able to make the lowerend portion ofthe tee, that is the Iportion below the plane of line 7 withparal el walls, thus omitting the slight increase in diameter constituting the foot l0 above mentioned, ln this case the portion of the tee below the line 7 and above the point l would be of unchangin diameter as suggested by the modiication ig. 4. Such a structure as this will enter the earth with slightly greater ease vthan wheret'he relatively larger foot l0 is present, and owing to the extremely slight taper, and consequent wedge action oit the ertot the tee between f lines 7 and 1l the we ge action, and thefconsequent tendency to spon e upwardly will be negligible and quite fully counteracted by the grip or' the parallel 'portion upon the deeper earth.

As many cb m es could bel madejn this .construcon witout departing from the soepen?` the invention as defined in the tollowing claims, it is intended that all matter contained'in the abovedescription or shown in .the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by 'Let- 1. A golf tee comprising an elongated body pointed at its lower end and having a. relatively enlarged ball receiving seat atits upper end, said tee being intended to be thrust partly into the ground, and the side walls ot' tlietee being tapered downwardly and continuously concavedly curved on the arc of 'a circle trom adjacent the relatively' large upper end downwardly along that part which is intended to stand above the surface of the ground and continuing lalong that part which is intended to stand below the surface of the ground and to adjacent said pointed end.

Q. A golf tee comprising an elongated body pointed at its lower end and having a relatively enlarged ball receiving"seat at its upper end, said Vtee being intendedg to be thrust partly into the ground, andthe side walls of the tee-y being tapered downwardly and continuously concavedly curved on the arc ot' a circle from adjacent the relatively large upper end downwardly 'along that part p which is intended to stand below the surface of theoround and to adjacent said pointed end, the centre of the arc defining said side walls being in a horizontal plane spaced vertically above the lower end ot' the tee.

3. A. golf tee comprising an elongated body having head and stern portions, the

liead portion having av ball seat concentri- Acally of its upper surface, the stem portion having a conical entering point at its lower end and being intended to be thrust at least partly into tliehground, tlie side walls of the tee flaring upwardly and outwardly along the stem portion and merging gradually into tbeiliead portion `to thereby provide gradual enlargement of the' stem portion in itsiegion -whicl'i :is intended to stand adjacent the surg face of the ground adapted to indcterrnr na'tely oppose downward movement o' tlie tee into the ground, the stern portion in its region below the mentioned region beingof a relatively less diameter, and the stein portion in its region appreciable below the last mentioned region and above the conical entering point being ot' a diameter atleast as great as ythe diameter of tl'ie second *menu tioned region, all for the purpose set forth.

4. A golftee 'comprising an elongated body having head and stem portions, the head portion having a ball seat concentrically of its upper surface, the stem portion being intended to be thrust at least partly into the ground, vthe side walls of the tee Haring upwardly and outwardly along the Stem portion and merging gradually into the head portion to thereby' provide gradual enlargement 'of the stem portion in its region which is intended to stand adjacent the surface of the ground adapted to indetermie nately oppose downward movement ot' the tee intothe ground, the part ofthe stem portion which is intended to stand beneath the surface of the ground being'annular and be-v 

